Iris clarkei Baker ex Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Iris

Characteristics

Rhizomes creeping, cylindric. Leaves grayish green and dull on 1 surface, glossy on other, sword-shaped, 30--60 × 0.8--1.8 cm. Flowering stems 2-or 3-branched, 45--90 cm × ca. 5 mm, solid, 2-or 3-leaved; spathes 3, green, broadly lanceolate, 7.5--9 cm, (1 or)2-flowered. Flowers bluish violet, 7.5--8.5 cm in diam.; pedicel slender, 2.5--3.5 cm. Perianth tube green, ca. 1 cm × 5 mm; outer segments mottled darker on central, whitish patch, obovate, ca. 7 × 2.4--2.8 cm; inner segments obliquely spreading, pale violet, oblanceolate, 4--4.5 × ca. 1 cm. Anthers milky white. Style branches 4--4.5 cm × ca. 5 mm. Capsule oblong-ellipsoid, 3.5--5 × 1.2--2.5 cm, 3-angled, 6-veined. Seeds semiorbicular, flat. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Aug--Sep. 2 n = 40.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.9
Root system rhizome
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Flower color
Blooming months
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JulAugSep
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 545
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
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Productivity -

Images

Iris clarkei unspecified picture

Distribution

Iris clarkei world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:438490-1
WFO ID wfo-0000783212
COL ID 3PZLL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Limniris clarkei Iris himalaica Iris clarkei